Netflix

Netflix is an Internet-based on-demand streaming service. The service has episodes and television movies without television network logos or advertisements. Since January 2016, Netflix is available worldwide except in Crimea, Mainland China, Syria, and North Korea.

Netflix requires a monthly subscription fee starting at $7.99/€7.99/£5.99/R$17,90/CAD$7.99 and $8.99/€9.99/£6.99/R$19,90/CAD$9.99 for HD and two screens.

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Availability of the Pokémon anime

The Pokémon anime is available on Netflix in most countries worldwide except most of Asia. Netflix itself is available virtually worldwide as of January 2016, with exceptions of mainland China, Crimea, North Korea, and Syria.

History

The anime has been available in the United States on Netflix since March 1, 2014.[1] When Indigo League first became available for streaming, Netflix only got the first 52 episodes as they were aired in the US first season order.[2] Netflix added Season 2 of the Indigo League episodes during Summer 2014, which contained 23 Pokémon: Adventures in the Orange Islands episodes as a bonus since those are a part of US season 2, although the title Pokémon: Indigo League still remains even though Adventures in the Orange Islands is not a part of Indigo League.[3] Netflix later removed season 2.

Available audio and closed captioning

English audio/closed captioning are available for the Pokémon anime and movies in all countries except Japan. The availability of other languages differ per country or region. The following languages are available in at least one country or region: Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese, Russian, European Spanish, Latin American Spanish, and Turkish.

The seasons are based on the season broadcasts in the dub. For example, Pokémon: Indigo League was split up into two seasons. The Indigo League episodes had the 1998 commercial bumpers where Brock says "We'll be back after these messages," and then after the advertisement when he says "And now, back to our show." However, due to Netflix not having advertisements during streaming, these bumpers served no purpose. The bumpers have since been removed from Netflix.

The Japanese version has English descriptions for all episodes including for never dubbed episodes like EP035 and the not yet dubbed episodes of the Sun & Moon series.

The American Netflix often credited "macarons" as "macaroons".

The Japanese version of Netflix does not feature a next episode preview for episodes streamed after the episode nor does it feature a Japanese episode gag, such as the Poké Problem for the Sun & Moon series.